If all publicity is good publicity, then Justin Trudeau doesn't need advice from anyone. Plus: Harper governance reviewed; rumours of a new sovereigntist party in Ottawa; Toronto gingerly manoeuvres Rob Ford towards the exit.

Hearings into Quebec's "values charter" get some peculiar new ground rules. Ontario seems to have a problem with its Human Rights Code. The federal Conservatives make a mess of a Supreme Court appointment. And the simple pleasures of Pope Francis.

Scores of armchair experts are standing on line to weigh in on the proposed "Values Charter." It'll be a fun two months. Plus what to do about reasonable accommodations in universities, Canadians of convenience, conservatives with unpopular opinions and the desiccated husk of Canada Post.